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Membership Categories
- ACM is committed to helping all museums meet the needs of children and family visitors. Members can access the latest trends and best practices to meet their institutions’ programmatic and museum management needs. ACM welcomes all types of museums as institutional members. ACM's dues for open museums are based on the museum's operating income for the most recently completed fiscal year.
| Category |
Description, if applicable |
Cost of Membership |
New Rates
Effective 1/1/2012 |
| Open Museum |
Level 1: annual income under $250K |
$330 |
$345 |
| Open Museum |
Level 2: annual income under $500K |
$660 |
$695 |
| Open Museum |
Level 3: annual income under $1 million |
$880 |
$925 |
| Open Museum |
Level 4: annual income under $3 million |
$1,210 |
$1,270 |
| Open Museum |
Level 5: annual income under $5 million |
$1,430 |
$1,500 |
| Open Museum |
Level 6: annual income more than $5 million |
$1,760 |
$1,850 |
| Sponsor
Museum |
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$2,200 |
$2,310 |
| International Museum |
Open museums in Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (non-U.S.) and South America |
$600 |
$630 |
| Emerging Museum |
Museums in the development process, not yet open to the public |
$330 |
$345 |
| Affiliate Museum* |
As of 1/1/13: Affiliate Museum members that wish to participate in the ACM Reciprocal Program must pay Open Museum dues at the appropriate level. Affiliate Members will be ineligible to participate in the Reciprocal Program. |
$880 |
$925 |
| ACM Reciprocal Program |
Open Museum Members in the U.S. and Canada are eligible to participate in the ACM Reciprocal Program. As of 1/1/13, all museum types serving children and families that wish to participate in the program must join as an Open Museum member and pay the appropriate level of dues according to annual income. |
$225 |
$250 |
| *This category includes art, history, science and other
museums dedicated to serving children and families. |
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- ACM corporate members represent a diverse
range of organizations serving the field and supporting
the growth of children’s museums in their communities.
ACM membership provides corporate members with marketing
exposure to a unique and focused audience.
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| Category |
Cost of
Membership |
New Rates
Effective 1/1/2012 |
| Corporate Leader |
$1,100 |
$1,160 |
| Corporate Supporter |
$700 |
$735 |
Self-Employed Consultant*
|
$500 |
$525 |
| *Independent professionals and owners of one-person businesses. |
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- ACM offers professional development opportunities,
education and serves as a source of the latest news for
individual members. ACM has a large base of individual members
from various professions who have a shared desire to assist
the work of children’s museums and serve the needs
of children and families.
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| Category |
Description |
Cost of Membership |
New Rates
Effective 1/1/2012 |
| Museum Professional at an ACM Member Museum* |
Applicants must be professionals affiliated with a current ACM museum member |
$45 |
$50 |
| Student |
Applicants must submit valid Student ID |
$60 |
$60 |
| Museum Professional |
Current staff at a non-member museums |
$175 |
$185 |
| Individual |
Not affiliated with a museum including emerging and not an individual consultant |
$275 |
$290 |
| Self-employed Consultant |
Independent professionals and owners of one-person businesses |
$500 |
$525 |
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- Academic and research institutions that
train museum professionals or conduct research about child
development, play and informal learning have an opportunity
to connect with children's museum professionals and promote
their degree programs, research and publications.
| Category |
Cost of Membership |
New Rate
Effective 1/1/2012 |
| Academic / Research Institution* |
$330 |
$345 |
| *This category is only open to colleges, universities and
independently-run
research facilities. |
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- ACM nonprofit affiliate members represent
the diverse range of organizations that support children
and families, education and ACM leadership initiatives.
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| Category |
Cost of
Membership |
New Rate
Effective 1/1/2012 |
| Nonprofit Affiliate
Members |
$500 |
$525 |
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ACM does not offer a family membership.
ACM represents and advocates on behalf
of the children's museum field. ACM individual memberships
are for people who work in or want to start a children’s
museum.
Families that seek membership with ACM Reciprocal
Program benefits are encouraged to contact their local children's museum. Click here for a list of current ACM Reciprocal Program museum participants. Please note that while a majority of children's
museums do participate in the ACM Reciprocal Program, some
do not. Additionally, a few ACM Reciprocal Program Museums
restrict member benefits under specific circumstances.
Click
here to locate a children's museum.
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